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Demand soars for edible bird's nests in Vietnam

John Boudreau Bloomberg News

Posted:
08/19/2013 10:00:00 AM MDT

Updated:
08/19/2013 10:16:15 AM MDT

Vietnamese hope to meet demand for edible bird's nests

Motorcyclists and cyclists ride on a street inside a newly developed residential quarter in Hanoi. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)HANOI, Vietnam - In Vietnam, where the average income is $151 a month, Mai Vu and husband David Nguyen routinely spend $250 on edible bird's nest. The couple accounts for the soaring appetite among Vietnam's young and upwardly mobile population for one of the world's most expensive foods, congealed saliva of Asian swiftlets. The country's expanding middle class hungers for healthy food. ...

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